This structure is only used to copy into other structure, so declare it as const. This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch: @r disable optional_qualifier@ identifier i; position p; @@ static struct gpio_chip i@p = { ... }; @ok@ identifier r.i; expression e; position p; @@ e = i@p; @bad@ position p != {r.p,ok.p}; identifier r.i; struct gpio_chip e; @@ e@i@p @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@ identifier r.i; @@ static +const struct gpio_chip i = { ... }; In the following log you can see a significant difference in the code size and data segment, hence in the dec segment. This log is the output of the size command, before and after the code change: before: text data bss dec hex filename 18958 9000 128 28086 6db6 drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm2835.o after: text data bss dec hex filename 18764 8912 128 27804 6c9c drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm2835.o Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm2835.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm2835.c b/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm2835.c index 2308831..7203f35 100644 --- a/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm2835.c +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm2835.c @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int bcm2835_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip, return pinctrl_gpio_direction_output(chip->base + offset); } -static struct gpio_chip bcm2835_gpio_chip = { +static const struct gpio_chip bcm2835_gpio_chip = { .label = MODULE_NAME, .owner = THIS_MODULE, .request = gpiochip_generic_request, -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-gpio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html